Douglas BTD Destroyer

The war in the Pacific showed the success of the Douglas Dauntless dive bomber. The
U.S. Navy was looking ahead for a replacement, leading to the development of an advanced
two-seat dive bomber called the Destroyer that took its first flight in 1943. It was the
first U.S. Navy carrier aircraft to have tricycle landing gear. It was soon modified for
the new role of a single-seat torpedo/dive-bomber, with a 1943 contract increasing orders
to 358 examples. Deliveries of production aircraft began in June 1944, but only 28 had
been delivered before contract cancellation was initiated on VJ-Day. The Destroyer's
performance was disappointing and, so far as is known, the type was not used
operationally.

Additional information on this aircraft
can be found at Wikipedia
here.(updated February 2009)